Sunday, March 15, 2009

Just Thinkin

In 5th grade we had this contest at school. It was a fundraiser to sell a ridiculous amount of magazine subscriptions or something. For every subscription you sold you got points towards a prize catelog. Well I got the most points and picked a chemisty set, yes I was/am a nerd. One of my first experiments was to take whatever was in the fridge (some new england clam chowder) and make it do something. Well I found a way to turn that chowder pink and I was so excited, I went down the road to show our neighbors. I'm sure they were thrilled. I was thinking this week that this was kinda like what has happened to the farming industry in the past 50 years. They have found that adding a little bit of this or that deters pests, yeilds bigger harvests, etc. But just like that pink chowder, I'm not eating that stuff either. Go organic :)

It's an interesting thing, organic food. I really have no problem with people eating organic, BUT it is worth noting that we are at the point where we could not sustain our population without pesticides/genetically altered food, because of increased yields.

So it's kind of a paradox. One can only eat organic because there are others who do not.

to be honest Gwenn I didn't know that. The whole pesticide thing creeps me out. I'd be curious to see if there is some sort of alternative. We eat organic for the dirty dozen but a good amount of the time when we're out or at friends we don't eat organic. Was just thinking about that chemisty set while I was at the grocery store the other day :)

About Me

I'm a happily married Christian chick who loves cooking and learning things and finding new ways to be frugal. I'm also a Birth Doula who is interested in all things Baby and Birth related. We're trying to do our best to eat organic, pollute less and just do things that are generally good for us and those around us. I'm the momma to a wonderful little Buggy born 10/10 and two angel babies. The doting auntie to twelve nieces and nephews (and also a grandniece and two grandnephews!) whose gorgeous faces sometimes grace this blog.